First of all, sorry if I posted this in the wrong section. Shooting or marksmanship is a valid sport in many countries, including my own.

So yesterday I was at the shooting range, rented out an over/under 12-gauge shotgun and shot two boxes of shells, about 50 of them. The targets were flying discs which came from many directions at varrying speeds. It was pretty exciting to shoot, and I consider maybe taking a career in sport shooting. So, does anyone of you "practice" this sport? What can you tell me?

PS. If you want to see the gun I shot, I found the picture of the model

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You were probably shooting skeet or trap. It’s to simulate real birds flying overhead to practice hunting. A 12guage is a common hunding gun for bird and deer.

I’ve shot sleet with my dad before he died,but not since. I’ve also shot some handguns in target shooting on a fairly regular with my current dad. He’s really into handguns and had taught me a lot about them. Mostly safety stuff obviously, that I didn’t know before.

I shot handguns and shotguns before, a few times a year at the range. Most of my "shooting" is done with by recurve bow or crossbow. I've actually considered doing competitive shooting at one time, but the time and money spent on it would have been too much for me. Nowadays I just shoot for hunting or an occasional hobby.

I shot handguns and shotguns before, a few times a year at the range. Most of my "shooting" is done with by recurve bow or crossbow. I've actually considered doing competitive shooting at one time, but the time and money spent on it would have been too much for me. Nowadays I just shoot for hunting or an occasional hobby.

It’s expensive, but if you reload your own ammo you can keep that down some. But will cost you to get set up to

I shot handguns and shotguns before, a few times a year at the range. Most of my "shooting" is done with by recurve bow or crossbow. I've actually considered doing competitive shooting at one time, but the time and money spent on it would have been too much for me. Nowadays I just shoot for hunting or an occasional hobby.

It cost me 35$ to go to the range and take 50 shots at flying discs. In Serb standards it's a thing to be enjoyed once or twice a month. 10$ went on renting the gun since I don't posses mine. If it interests me, I might consider going for a license to own a firearm, since age is not constraining me.

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It’s expensive, but if you reload your own ammo you can keep that down some. But will cost you to get set up to

Geting a reloading license here and the whole setup costs so much in time and money that it can take years, or even decades before it starts paying for itself. What I see myself doing is shooting a bit more and if it really interests me, getting a small calibre rifle. A sporting rifle shooting small and cheap cartridges like the .22 short or .22 long rifle. You can plink hundreds of them at the range and have both a healthy shoulder and wallet. I might "treat" myself to some other gun every once in a while.

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I’d love to take up shooting or archery as a hobby. Guns are amazing pieces of machinery, and since I love the outdoors so much and camping so much, I’d like to learn how to hunt and what not.

I know many people do competitive and speed shooting which is... pretty impressive lol

While archery never interested me, I have a lot of respect for professional archers. Just keeping the string pulled all the way on professional bows requires a lot of strength, while hitting a distant or moving target requires skill. I hit 30% of the moving targets on the range, most of which were either slow or moving upwards. It was difficult to predict their trajectory, even though they were like 50-70 feet away.

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